Congratulations to Matthew Stewart (@CineMatthew91), winner of the 1st Annual Awards Connection Oscar Prediction Contest! Matthew correctly predicted the "Spotlight" upset in Best Picture, as well as the "Mad Max" semi-sweep of the tech categories. Excellent work, sir!
Congratulations to all of this year's fantastic Oscar winners!
BEST PICTURE
Spotlight
BEST DIRECTOR
Alejandro González Iñárritu, The Revenant
BEST ACTOR
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
BEST ACTRESS
Brie Larson, Room
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer, Spotlight
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Adam McKay and Charles Randolph, The Big Short
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Emmanuel Lubezki, The Revenant
BEST FILM EDITING
Mad Max: Fury Road
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Ex Machina
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Mad Max: Fury Road
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Mad Max: Fury Road
BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
Mad Max: Fury Road
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Ennio Morricone, The Hateful Eight
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“Writing's On the Wall,” Spectre
BEST SOUND EDITING
Mad Max: Fury Road
BEST SOUND MIXING
Mad Max: Fury Road
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Inside Out
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Amy
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Son of Saul
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
A Girl in the River
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT
Stutterer
BEST ANIMATED SHORT
Bear Story
Calling all Oscar buffs!!
We are proud to present the 1st Annual Awards Connection Oscar Predictions Contest.
The rules are easy and breezy. First, follow us @AwardsConnect on Twitter. Then, simply e-mail your Oscar predictions in all 24 categories (yes, including the likes of Best Sound Editing and Best Documentary Short Subject) to us at theawardsconnection@gmail.com, and include in the e-mail your Twitter handle, as we'll be announcing the contest winner via Twitter.
Whoever gets the most correct predictions will receive a $15 Fandango gift card via e-mail. In the event of a tie, we have the following tie-breaker question: How many Oscars will "Mad Max," "The Revenant" and "Spotlight" win COMBINED? Include your answer in the e-mail. Whoever has the correct answer or comes closest to it will triumph. (Ex: If you believe "Mad Max" will win 3 Oscars, "The Revenant" 2 Oscars and "Spotlight" 3 Oscars, your answer should be 8 Oscars.)
The deadline for prediction submissions is Oscar Sunday, February 28th at 6pm eastern time. The contest winner will be announced later in the week on Twiiter and also notified via e-mail.
Questions should be directed to theawardsconnection@gmail.com, or of course feel free to message us on Twitter.
Happy predicting!
For your convenience, here again are this year's nominees:
BEST PICTURE
The Big Short
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Room
Spotlight
BEST DIRECTOR
Lenny Abrahamson, Room
Alejandro González Iñárritu, The Revenant
Tom McCarthy, Spotlight
Adam McKay, The Big Short
George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road
BEST ACTOR
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl
Matt Damon, The Martian
Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
Bryan Cranston, Trumbo
BEST ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett, Carol
Brie Larson, Room
Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years
Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Tom Hardy, The Revenant
Mark Ruffalo, Spotlight
Sylvester Stallone, Creed
Christian Bale, The Big Short
Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight
Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs
Rooney Mara, Carol
Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl
Rachel McAdams, Spotlight
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Jonathan Herman, Andrea Berloff, S. Leigh Savidge, and Alan Wenkus, Straight Outta Compton
Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, and Josh Cooley, Inside Out
Alex Garland, Ex Machina
Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer, Spotlight
Matt Charman, Joel Coen, and Ethan Coen, Bridge of Spies
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Drew Goddard, The Martian
Nick Hornby, Brooklyn
Adam McKay and Charles Randolph, The Big Short
Phyllis Nagy, Carol
Emma Donoghue, Room
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Emmanuel Lubezki, The Revenant
Edward Lachman, Carol
Roger Deakins, Sicario
John Seale, Mad Max: Fury Road
Robert Richardson, The Hateful Eight
BEST FILM EDITING
The Big Short
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Spotlight
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Ex Machina Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road
Bridge of Spies
The Martian
The Revenant
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Carol
Cinderella
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
The Revenant
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out a Window and Disappeared
Mad Max: Fury Road
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Ennio Morricone, The Hateful Eight
Carter Burwell, Carol
John Williams, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Thomas Newman, Bridge of Spies
Johann Johannson, Sicario
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"Earned It,” Fifty Shades of Grey
“Manta Ray,” Racing Extinction
“Til It Happens to You,” The Hunting Ground
“Simple Song #3,” Youth
“Writing's On the Wall,” Spectre
BEST SOUND EDITING
Mad Max: Fury Road
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
The Martian
Sicario
The Revenant
BEST SOUND MIXING
Bridge of Spies
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Inside Out
Anomalisa
Shaun the Sheep Movie
Boy and the World
When Marnie Was There
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Amy
Cartel Land
The Look of Silence
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Son of Saul
Mustang
A War
Embrace of the Serpent
Theeb
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
Body Team 12
Chau, Beyond the Lines
Claude Lanzmann: Spctres of Shoah
A Girl in the River
Last Day of Freedom
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT
Ave Maria
Day One
Everything Will Be Okay
Shok
Stutterer
BEST ANIMATED SHORT
Bear Story
Prologue
Sanjay’s Super Team
We Can’t Live Without Cosmos
World of Tomorrow
Congratulations to all of this year's marvelous Oscar nominees!
BEST PICTURE
The Big Short
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Room
Spotlight
BEST DIRECTOR
Lenny Abrahamson, Room
Alejandro González Iñárritu, The Revenant
Tom McCarthy, Spotlight
Adam McKay, The Big Short
George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road
BEST ACTOR
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl
Matt Damon, The Martian
Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
Bryan Cranston, Trumbo
BEST ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett, Carol
Brie Larson, Room
Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years
Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Tom Hardy, The Revenant
Mark Ruffalo, Spotlight
Sylvester Stallone, Creed
Christian Bale, The Big Short
Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight
Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs
Rooney Mara, Carol
Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl
Rachel McAdams, Spotlight
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Jonathan Herman, Andrea Berloff, S. Leigh Savidge, and Alan Wenkus, Straight Outta Compton
Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, and Josh Cooley, Inside Out
Alex Garland, Ex Machina
Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer, Spotlight
Matt Charman, Joel Coen, and Ethan Coen, Bridge of Spies
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Drew Goddard, The Martian
Nick Hornby, Brooklyn
Adam McKay and Charles Randolph, The Big Short
Phyllis Nagy, Carol
Emma Donoghue, Room
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Emmanuel Lubezki, The Revenant
Edward Lachman, Carol
Roger Deakins, Sicario
John Seale, Mad Max: Fury Road
Robert Richardson, The Hateful Eight
BEST FILM EDITING
The Big Short
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Spotlight
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Ex Machina Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road
Bridge of Spies
The Martian
The Revenant
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Carol
Cinderella
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
The Revenant
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out a Window and Disappeared
Mad Max: Fury Road
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Ennio Morricone, The Hateful Eight
Carter Burwell, Carol
John Williams, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Thomas Newman, Bridge of Spies
Johann Johannson, Sicario
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"Earned It,” Fifty Shades of Grey
“Manta Ray,” Racing Extinction
“Til It Happens to You,” The Hunting Ground
“Simple Song #3,” Youth
“Writing's On the Wall,” Spectre
BEST SOUND EDITING
Mad Max: Fury Road
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
The Martian
Sicario
The Revenant
BEST SOUND MIXING
Bridge of Spies
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Inside Out
Anomalisa
Shaun the Sheep Movie
Boy and the World
When Marnie Was There
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Amy
Cartel Land
The Look of Silence
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Son of Saul
Mustang
A War
Embrace of the Serpent
Theeb
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
Body Team 12
Chau, Beyond the Lines
Claude Lanzmann: Spctres of Shoah
A Girl in the River Last Day of Freedom
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT
Ave Maria
Day One
Everything Will Be Okay
Shok Stutterer
BEST ANIMATED SHORT
Bear Story
Prologue
Sanjay’s Super Team
We Can’t Live Without Cosmos
World of Tomorrow
Best Picture
1. Spotlight
2. The Revenant
3. The Big Short
4. Carol
5. The Martian
6. Brooklyn
7. Mad Max: Fury Road
8. Straight Outta Compton
9. Room
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10. Inside Out
11. Steve Jobs
12. Sicario
13. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
14. Bridge of Spies
15. Trumbo
Best Director
1. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, The Revenant
2. Tom McCarthy, Spotlight
3. George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road
4. Ridley Scott, The Martian
5. Todd Haynes, Carol
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6. Adam McKay, The Big Short
7. Danny Boyle, Steve Jobs
8. Lenny Abrahamson, Room
9. J.J. Abrams, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
10. Steven Spielberg, Bridge of Spies
Best Leading Actor
1. Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
2. Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl
3. Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
4. Bryan Cranston, Trumbo
5. Matt Damon, The Martian
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6. Will Smith, Concussion
7. Johnny Depp, Black Mass
8. Michael B. Jordan, Creed
9. Steve Carell, The Big Short
10. Michael Caine, Youth
Best Leading Actress
1. Cate Blanchett, Carol
2. Brie Larson, Room
3. Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn
4. Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
5. Charlize Theron, Mad Max: Fury Road
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6. Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl
7. Rooney Mara, Carol
8. Lily Tomlin, Grandma
9. Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years
10. Helen Mirren, Woman in Gold
Best Supporting Actor
1. Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
2. Sylvester Stallone, Creed
3. Tom Hardy, The Revenant
4. Christian Bale, The Big Short
5. Mark Ruffalo, Spotlight
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6. Idris Elba, Beasts of No Nation
7. Jacob Tremblay, Room
8. Benicio del Toro, Sicario
9. Michael Shannon, 99 Homes
10. Paul Dano, Love and Mercy
Best Supporting Actress
1. Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs
2. Rooney Mara, Carol
3. Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl
4. Helen Mirren, Trumbo
5. Jane Fonda, Youth
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6. Rachel McAdams, Spotlight
7. Julie Walters, Brooklyn
8. Alicia Vikander, Ex Machina
9. Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight
10. Kristen Stewart, Clouds of Sils Maria
Best Original Screenplay
1. Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer, Spotlight
2. Quentin Tarantino, The Hateful Eight
3. Matthew Charman and Joel & Ethan Coen, Bridge of Spies
4. Laszlo Nemes and Clara Royer, Son of Saul
5. Andrea Berloff, Jonathan Herman, S. Leigh Savidge and Alan Wenkus, Straight Outta Compton
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6. Josh Cooley, Pete Docter and Meg LeFauve, Inside Out
7. Taylor Sheridan, Sicario
8. Alex Garland, Ex Machina
9. Amy Schumer, Trainwreck
10. Bahreh Azimi, Ramin Bahrani and Amir Naderi, 99 Homes
Best Adapted Screenplay
1. Aaron Sorkin, Steve Jobs
2. Phyllis Nagy, Carol
3. Adam McKay and Charles Randolph, The Big Short
4. Nick Hornby, Brooklyn
5. Emma Donoghue, Room
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6. Drew Goddard, The Martian
7. Alejandro G. Innaritu and Mark L. Smith, The Revenant
8. Nico Lathouris, Brendan McCarthy and George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road
9. Lucinda Coxon, The Danish Girl
10. John McNamara, Trumbo